Shadowing Practice: Derek Sivers' TED Talk 'How to Start a Movement' - Learn English Speaking with Video

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- So ladies and gentlemen, at TED we talk a lot about leadership.
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and how to make a movement.
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So let's watch a movement happen start to finish in under three minutes and dissect some lessons from it.
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First, of course you know, a leader needs the guts to stand out and be ridiculed.
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But what he's doing is so easy to follow.
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So here's his first follower with a crucial role.
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He's going to show everyone else how to follow.
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Now notice that the leader embraces him as an equal.
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So now it's not about the leader anymore, it's about them, plural.
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Now there he is calling to his friends.
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Now if you notice that the first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself.
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It takes guts to stand out like that.
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The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.
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And here comes a second follower.
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Now it's not a lone nut, it's not two nuts, Three is a crowd and the crowd is news.
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So a movement must be public.
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it's important to show not just the leader, but the followers.
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because you find that new followers emulate the followers, not the leader.
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Now here come two more people, and immediately after-- Three more people.
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Now we've got momentum.
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This is the tipping point.
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Now we've got a movement.
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So, Notice that as more people join in, it's less risky.
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So those that were sitting on the fence before now have no reason not to.
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They won't stand out.
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They won't be ridiculed.
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but they will be part of the in -crowd if they hurry.
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So, over the next minute, you'll see all of those that prefer to stick with the crowd, because eventually they would be ridiculed for not joining in.
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And that's how you make a movement.
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But let's recap some lessons from this.
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First, if you are the type, like the shirtless dancing guy, that is standing alone, remember the importance of nurturing your first few followers as equals.
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So it's clearly about the movement, not you.
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We might have missed the real lesson here, the biggest lesson.
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If you noticed, did you catch it?
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is that leadership is over -glorified.
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that yes, the shirtless guy was first, and he'll get all the credit, but it was really the first follower that transformed the lone nut into a leader.
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So as we're told that we should all be leaders, that would be really ineffective.
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If you really care about starting a movement, have the courage to follow and show others how to follow.
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And when you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first one to stand up and join in.
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And what a perfect place to do that, at TED.
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Thanks.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Derek Sivers' TED Talk 'How to Start a Movement'”. Las palabras que más se repiten: follower, leader, movement, nut, lone. Este vídeo tiene 42 frases y 471 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:56. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 160 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
follower sustantivo/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/seguidor
lone adjetivo/loʊn/solo
ridicule verbo/ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/ridiculizar, poner en ridículo
guts sustantivo/ɡʌts/tripas, tripa
transform verbo/tɹænsˈfɔɹm/trasformar, transformar
dissect verbo/dɪˈsɛkt/disecar, diseccionar
emulate verbo/ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/emular
glorify verbo/ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/glorificar
nurture sustantivo/ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/crianza, criación
plural sustantivo/ˈplʊəɹəl/plural
ineffective adjetivo/ˌɪn.ɪˈfɛk.tɪv/ineficaz, inoperante
underestimate verbo/ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/subestimar
risky adjetivo/ˈɹɪski/riesgoso, arriesgado
momentum sustantivo/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/moméntum, viada
hurry verbo/ˈhʌ.ɹi/apresurarse, apurarse

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
stand up verbolevantarse, ponerse de pie

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we've, won't, he'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: ineffective /ˌɪn.ɪˈfɛk.tɪv/, underestimate /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como follower, lone, ridicule.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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